"Our aircraft was never in Iranian airspace. It was always flying in international air space. The recognized limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast and we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in responding to questions from reporters after CNN reported the incident.

Little said the United States believed this was the first time an unmanned aircraft was shot at by the Iranians in international waters over the Gulf. In December of 2011, a U.S. surveillance drone crashed in eastern Iran. Iranians claimed to have shot it down, and created a toy model of the drone to celebrate its capture.

Little stopped short of calling the incident an act of war although the Pentagon was concerned.

Two U.S. officials explained the jets were part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps force, which has been more confrontational than regular Iranian military forces.

At least two bursts of gunfire came from the Su-25s' cannons. The drone started to move away but the Iranian aircraft chased it, doing aerial loops around it before breaking away and returning to Iran.

The Obama administration did not disclose the incident before the presidential election, but three senior officials confirmed the details to CNN on Thursday. They declined to be identified because of sensitive intelligence matters surrounding the matter.

The drone's still and video cameras captured the incident showing two Su-25s approaching the Predator and firing onboard guns.

The Iranian pilots continued to fire shots that went beneath the Predator but were never successful in hitting it, according to the officials.

U.S. military intelligence analysts are still not sure if the Iranian pilots simply were unable to hit the drone due to lack of combat skill, or whether they deliberately were missing and had no intention of bringing it down.

But as one of the officials said, "it doesn't matter, they fired on us."

Little said the United States has to assume Iran was trying to bring down the Predator.

The United States protested the incident but had not heard back from Iran.

Su-25's couldn't even make it off the ground in Iraq 1. 2 suu-25's and 2 migs went against 2 f-15's in the only air battle of the whole campaing. all 4 were eliminated easily. No way they could hit a Predator....lol.

HAHA!! LOLZY!! Very true.. Very antiquated Iranian Airforce. The Russian made SU22 is an extremely old aircraft.. No match for US or NATO aircraft..

November 8, 2012 at 5:07 pm |

Derrick

I am not sure I completely buy this story. I certainly cannot say what happened, but do Iranian jets fly over international waters frequently? It seems to me either they had to leave Iranian airspace intentionally to seek out the drone, or the drone was not over international waters. Given Iran's tenuous position, it seems unlikely they left their airspace to find drones to shoot at. It certainly is possible this is the case, but it does leave plenty of room for doubt.

funny, so we can read about "unarmed" drones being shut down by iranian army, but nothing about pres Obama ordering a drone attack on Yemen, less than 24 hours after being reelected... and the guy is a nobel peace prize...

So are you mental midgets going to get over the Nobel Peace Prize? What exactly does that have to do with attacking enemy targets? That is the job of the president and if he didn't do that you would have another reason to bash him for being too soft. FOH with the dumb s*it.

the nobel doesn't mean anything to me after it was given to europe this year anyway. just saying. then sending drones is an act of terror, not a try to avoid conflict through peaceful means. plus what's the point of spending so much on drones if we can't even afford to save our own economy ? and this for what ? killing 2 or 3 terrorists that we'll be replaced the very next minute ?

November 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm |

cedorris

The problem with these drones strikes is that they are occurring outside of the legal system and away from a battlefield. Declaring the world a battlefield in the war on terror is a Bush policy that gives the executive branch power to execute people for being SUSPECTED of a crime. My democrat friends used to join me to protest this kind of behavior when Bush was in office, but now they seem to be cool with it.

November 8, 2012 at 5:17 pm |

celly84

better yet, you do realize that even if President Obama HADN'T been elected President, he STILL would've had the power to make that decision...

If you look at the electoral college map, you will notice that red states for the most part are rank at the bottom in terms of education, productivity, ignorance, income, crime rate, obesity and myriad of other 'negatives'.
Sure about 48% of the population voted for Romney but these are the BOTTOM 48% of Americans!

You know it's really productive to be partisan, isn't it? I'm sure you ignore how Obama has resigned the Patriot Act multiple times, encroached on our rights even worse with NDAA, took us into a senseless war with terrible consequences with Libya and is still pestering Iran... AKA the same things you hated about Bush. But with Obama it's all good.
That's called kool-aid son and you people are drowning in it. Time to wake up.

And yet the "rich" and "executives" all seem to be republicans. per the OWSers and far left libs. How can you analysis and this both be true?

Then look at the political history of those southern states, and asked yourself why are the NOW red states? Maybe they believed in Einstein's definition of insanity, and decided they were in fact not insane.

Not to mention 6 of the 10 states that lead the U.S. in Food Stamp usage are red states that historically vote Republican yet I keep hearing Republicans talking about lazy Dems wanting more Food Stamps and Obama phones LOL!

Really im pretty sure new york and california voted dem and i have never seen a poorer crap hole than california. If anyone wants to visit a third world nation just go there you might want to brush up on your spanish and buy a bullet proof vest though. Minorities and dems at there finest. Cant get gas without bums asking for money. No one in kentucky has asked me for change in 10 years in fact ive never seen a bum here i think they turn into bumcycls in winter

November 8, 2012 at 8:58 pm |

Roxy

Well we all know Obama won two of the poorest states by a landslide....hmmm wonder why?!

Are you serious have you ever been to california oregon or new york? They account for most of the crime in the world. Dumbest comment ive read all day you must be a real well traveled person to know this stuff. What an idiot

"you are correct, he never mentioned the word "apology" or apologize". but read the transcripts from his speeches from that "tour". "america has not been perfect", "we have not done things in the best interests..". All making excuses for america's past behavior....essentially, n apology tour....so stfu and go ask your mom to bring you more kool-aid in her basement you putz..." – TK

"Yeah and he is right. America hasn't been perfect. In fact we have made some pretty historic blunders over the past decade. How spineless he must be to acknowledge that and try to mend some fences instead of driving over them with tanks!" – Me

Good thing it was just a unarmed drone...Had they fired on a Military f-16 or such well things would be a tad bit different right now...Or had the drone been armed..It might have fired back...Im sure the Iranians would not be preped for that...They might have lost two very exspensive aircraft..But if they keep building there Nukes there goiung to loose all there aircraft anyway..Once America and or Israel bomb em...Which I hope does not come to pass...

First off Iran is not building nukes.
Second off we have ZERO business being in the middle east.
Third if Iran were to build nukes what is the problem? Oh wait the US of A is the only country to drop nuclear bombs on a another country.

So you had a satellite feed and watched that action take place over the ocean? Or you're taking your facts from others...??

November 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm |

neoritter

@crossingouramerica – what do you not believe? That the drone was unharmed? That Iran shot at our drone? That they fly Su-25s? Or that the US doesn't have SU-25s to fly around wherever they please?

Iran has fired on military equipment before. See the US drone they claim they shot down/brought down. And they've shown aggressive actions before. Like the Iranian ship that was speeding towards a US destroyer and was turned back after the destroyer had to shoot warning shots.

November 8, 2012 at 4:46 pm |

DickPerry

We all know that US would never provoke Iran with a drone. US has never had a drone entering Iran airspace since the last time... LOL..

I'm sorry, you're being incredibly stupid. First, the drone wasn't shot down. It was unharmed. So not sure how you could call it a "false flag". Second, if it was a false flag, this would have come out the day or day after it happened. Not a week later.

well becuae America Arms the Saudi's with modern weapons...Thats why...The arms race in the Midlle east has been ongoing for thirty plus years...and now it has reached the Atomic stage..With Pakistain and Israel owning Nukes..The ever spireling staircase of Human insanity...It just never ends...We all think we can win ..but once the Nukes start flyin NO ONE WINS...NO ONE....

Well, is shooting at a gadget quite the same as shooting at "us"? Nobody was in peril.
It's just hardware, and "acts of war" have to be reserved for encounters between human beings, right?
Spy drones are inherently aggressive or at least annoying and provocative...

Ummmmm...do you know how much that drone cost us? We don't just say" Oh, you just tried to shoot down our multi million dollar aircraft, oh well." It was flying in international airspace to top it all off!

How should the US respond if Iran or China were flying a drone 16 miles off the coast of Texas in international waters?

November 8, 2012 at 5:22 pm |

rachel

this story sounds fishy to me. where is the footage? why are the "sources" undisclosed. Why had Iran not said a word nor Obama. Iran is many thinbgs...stupid is not one of them. Show us the footage then I will think about believeing this load of crap.

Last December, 2011, another US drone aircraft was lost to Iran. It apparently malfunctioned and landed with minimal damage in IRAN. Don't recall whether that spy plane was armed .. but it was flying over IRAN. The US Military denied it until it was conclusively demonstrated to be spying over Iran. Would be interesting to see the video from the drone – it would help indicate the severity of the threat to the unmanned American spy plane.

Why is this Nov 1 incident only now being revealed to the Anerican people? Why did the WH and Pentagon wait until after the election? Fools all of you who voted for Obama and believed more of his lies.

Are you serious? All the American people care about was the election and honey-boo-boo. You really think that this is going to be at the top of the news articles. It doesn't matter which President is in "power" – nothing is going to change.

Another note – who freaking cares. Nothing happened. When something is actually shot down and something more serious happens, that'll be a bigger deal.

Bis Shiz and his ilk are in for a civics lesson over the next 4 years. Let's see how America fares as people decide to shelter their money instead of investing and hiring in this economy. Threaten people with confiscation, they hide their toys. Economic illiteracy prevails today, and you Big Shiz will pay the ultimate price.

Best of luck dude!

November 8, 2012 at 4:30 pm |

DaGayle

Unfortunately, Literate, I've come to realize that they have no ability to attach consequences to actions. So telling them that X will lead to Y makes absolutely no sense in their world.

So feeding them the "Bush's fault" line is easy peasy, and this can/will be trotted out indefinitely, with great success.

November 8, 2012 at 4:34 pm |

Joey

If that's all you're thinking of when you read this article then you live in a very small world and have zero understanding of real world events.

you are correct, he never mentioned the word "apology" or apologize". but read the transcripts from his speeches from that "tour". "america has not been perfect", "we have not done things in the best interests..". All making excuses for america's past behavior....essentially, n apology tour....so stfu and go ask your mom to bring you more kool-aid in her basement you putz...

Wow. You are a little slow to catch on. No one is disputing the fact that he did not actually say the words "I apologize." The point of contention is that some choose to interpret his words differently than others. You can't fact check a persons opinion.

Yeah and he is right. America hasn't been perfect. Infact we have made some pretty historic blunders over the past decade. How spineless he must be to acknowledge that and try to mend some fences instead of driving over them with tanks!

Chris... first let me laugh.......hahahahahaha. You are a true liberal. If check with factcheck.org, they would tell you that Obama is the liberal god. I bet you would believe that too...google it yourself Chris, you'll be amaze about that apology-thingy. For your liberal laziness, I provide you herewith the link and videos that your god went all over the world to apologize for America. http://freebeacon.com/five-times-obama-has-apologized-for-america/

Yes I am a true liberal. And morons like you are a dying breed. Get with the times or get left behind to stew in your own bitterness, anger and hate.

November 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm |

cedar rapids

None of those listed were apologies.
Its bizarre that you think admitting past behaviour equates to apologizing for that behaviour.
now if he has said....'and i wish to say sorry for that behaviour', then you might have had a case, but he didnt.

Ahh, way to embody the party of tolerance Joe! Those of you on the left realize you immediately lose all credibility the moment you start in with childish insults, ad hominen attacks, etc., right? Your hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me.

November 8, 2012 at 4:27 pm |

Colinmb

Sorry they didn't give you a daily update. The probably forgot that you were part of a national security team and should be notified of everything that happens so that we can hear what you recommend we do about it.

SO how many of you "armchair generals" enlisted and are ready to go to war with Iran over them shooting a few rounds at one of our drones out of amusement and seeing if they would get a reaction? Ypu see, this is what tools like you and scool yard bullies do, they pester hoping to get a rise out of you. The best course of action for a 10 year old boy would be to hit back, and for what? Them wasting a few rounds shooting at nothing? and then we get to go to war with a real military who would make the iraqi's look like school girls and the taliban look like, well cave men, because the are... NO, the correct response is to ignore it, just like when handling your non-sense, chest beating, chickenhawk blather. It's a drone and it wasn't hit. There was a russian sub of our coast, do you suggest we go to all out war over it with the russians too? This stuff happens all day, everyday all over the world and until AMERICAN blood is spilled directly by Iran, just ignore it.

Of course! Lets ignore their push for nuclear weapons, unaccounted weapons grade plutonium going all over the world, human rights violations, arming or terrorists, threats against Israel, claims that Americans are the devil and need to be eradicated, and now, the attack on US military assets in international waters. I am in the military. and when they deal a blow to our nation and you Ryan7777 yell for help / accountability, I'll go...and you can sit behind your keyboard blogging.

if your in the military, you shouldnt be! your to anxious by the sound of it to get killed.

November 8, 2012 at 4:35 pm |

scott68

Really David, because I'm in too...but I've been in long enough to know that we don't need to go looking for any more excuses to be involved in any further wars. No, not without damn good reason. Our economy can't sustain it right now, and our military needs the break to be frank. Can it handle it? Yes. Does it need to right now? No. Let the politicians do what they do toward a non-military solution (if it's possible) and quit volunteering the rest of the services to be stuck in yet another backward middle-eastern sandtrap.

November 8, 2012 at 4:47 pm |

David Driscoll

@flox: You are a very weak minded and spineless person. I'm not anxious to give my life, but I would, even to defend you.

November 8, 2012 at 4:49 pm |

cedorris

Only one nation has ever detonated nuclear weapons on a human population.

November 8, 2012 at 5:25 pm |

JohnFLob

There is a distinct difference between the passive observation patrols of a Russian sub near our coast and active aggressive attacks against our military. And yes I have served on active duty in our military. I can not re-enlist because of age and physical limitations. Iran, with good reason, expects Michelle Obama's spouse will apologize for tempting them to waste ammunition.

What about you? Are you enlisted? Is it YOUR American blood we are waiting to be spilled? Or just YOUR family and/or friends?

No one is suggesting that the US should go to war...however, the incident is important and the American should have been told about it prior to the elections. Maybe President Obama would still have been re-elected, but he should have been forced to comment on what the US plans to do about an increasingly hostile Iran. We should not wait until American blood is spilled to respond to hostile nations...unless you are volunteering your own.

Yes, I am a veteran. My husband is an active combat veteran. Our fathers are combat veterans. We have several siblings who are veterans. Should I go on...or have I established my credentials for your satisfaction?

I can hear the President's response - assuming he somehow gets forced into responding - now: "We are going to identify the folks that are responsible for this violation and prosecute them to the fullest extent of international law." (Don't you HATE it when we refers to terrorists, murderers and assorted thugs as "folks"?)

Iran Air Flight 655 was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988 as it flew over the Strait of Hormuz at the end of the Iran–Iraq War. The aircraft, an Airbus A300B2-203 operated by Iran Air, was flying from Bandar Abbas, Iran to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While flying in Iranian airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on its usual flight path, it was destroyed by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG-49). All 290 onboard including 66 children and 16 crew perished.[1] The incident is ranked ninth among the deadliest disasters in aviation history. It was the highest death toll of any aviation incident in the Indian Ocean and the highest death toll of any incident involving an Airbus A300 anywhere in the world.

I'm yelling for a strong america. I put on a uniform. My brother is a navy officer. I still want America to be respected and not let acts of war go unanswered. I see you don't care that we get attacked. You want to ignore it. Sad.

Exactly. Romney gets bellicose with Syria and Iran and wants $Trillion in unrequisitioned military expenditures (while he fights the National Debt). For all his sebre-rattling desire to be Commander in Chief, I note that when he was ready to be called to serve his country in uniform in 1968, he rather than going to Vietnam, decided to be a Mormon Missionary in France. He then said at least 4 times that he did nothing to evade or dodge the draft!

Its funny how you would use that as an attack against a Democrat considering the country went through the same thing with George W. Bush. What a bunch of idiots, voting for a president that started two wars, lied to the American public, and polarized Washington to a degree which had never been seen, for a second term. Republicans even admit that electing George W. Bush was a huge mistake. Its like Americans have a memory that spans no more than 4 years. Sheesh.

yep laugh it up...sooner or later there will be no one to work to support those too lazy to do it themselves, then who will be laughing....your savior Obama is only a puppet...he is not the one in charge, but you can't see beyond the free stuff to realize it's the spider luring in the fly LOL but oh well...I have what I need to survive, do you

November 8, 2012 at 4:26 pm |

R. Martin

The Iranians are a little slolw. I am sure they just saw the video. But they will really be frightened when Obama warns them.

It was an UNARMED drone. The S-25s were LONG gone before any type of response could be generated. What they NEED to do is arm them with a couple of air-to-airs and see what the response would be....it would be Iran condemning us for shooting down one of their jets, although they might not want to admit it was an unmanned aircraft that shot it down. And, of course, there is the Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight factor, too..

You know, if the US weren't flying drones on the Iranian border, this wouldn't be a problem. Because, you know, the US wouldn't be flying killer drones at the edge of another nation's airspace, while spouting bellicose language on a weekly basis and deploying sanctions aimed at crippling that nation's economy. And that's just stuff from this year.

thats why he said the EDGE of their airspace... try reading the whole post... we defend the edge of our airspace too, i.e. international waters out to a certain range and would likely fire warning shoots too.

November 8, 2012 at 4:27 pm |

CommonSense

But it was flying "routing maritime surveillance" however it's mission was classified? hmmm... sounds like an oxymoron. Iran is saying stay the hell away from us, and they have every right to do so. Wouldn't you do the same thing?
Brainiacs on this board I tell you.

November 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm |

Jon Estal

this is not anything new by all means, this was actually leaked out 10 days ago. And to top it off, Iran actually has the Drone Jet in their possession and has had china Air Force intelligence specialist's brought in to analyze the everything on board. Obama was asked by the secret service for permission to launch a rocket at the drone to dispose of it, or to set off a self destruct mechanism already on board the drone. Both options where denied by Obama.

Jon – 10 days? really? The incident happened on Nov 1. That was 7 days ago. I'm impressed that you are aware of the story leaking 3 days before the incident actually happened. Perhaps you should be in military intelligence.

So when bombs away to Israel from Iran we won't know until when? Unbelievable how most folks are out of touch with what this administration is all about and still voted!!

November 8, 2012 at 4:31 pm |

KMX

Joe, you were probably the one yelling the loudest and name calling when GW was pres. Funny how you can't take it now.

November 8, 2012 at 5:10 pm |

mitch

You notice it wasn't official. Maybe they were waiting to confirm it instead of claiming it and them having to retract it because it was a false report. Don't you people believe in confirming facts....oh, wait, no, apparently you don't!!!

Obama never apologized for anything, but you wouldn't know that because you are a SOUTHERN R.E.T.A.R.D who doesn't have any of that FANCY YANKEE BOOK LERNIN so you rely on the TEE VEE and AM radio to tell you this stuff

That's partially true. He never has apologized for anything he dis and that damned well should have apologized for.

But he has gone round apologizing for the rest of the country. Oh yes.

November 8, 2012 at 4:16 pm |

James Galard

* ...did and that he...

November 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm |

DaGayle

CapsLock and periods.

Meditate on this.

November 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm |

muse1876

You can tell a liberal when they open their mouth and attack. Truth hurts deal with it.

November 8, 2012 at 4:18 pm |

Brenda

LOL dude you really are showing your lack of intelligence. If you are going to make fun of someone at least have a higher IQ than your dog. And as expected the only thing Libs can do is name call, they aren't smart enough to come up with facts so name calling it is. Go get your free cell phone and your welfare card and have a toke on me, an American worker.

November 8, 2012 at 4:19 pm |

Seraphim01

Actually, he's right. And this was independently fact checked. The president never actually apologized. I know it's easy to believe partisan hype. For both sides... but really, EVERYONE here is displaying ignorance of facts by simply mouthing party lines.

If all you do is vote partisan and can't see strengths and weaknesses, accomplisments and failures in each individual, and just Red or Blue... then you are what is wrong with America.

You conservatives are stupid. he never apologized to anyone Bush did to china. and Romney wasnt duped he didnt care he knew the american people didnt want he stupid corporate ideology . You dumbnut Republicans still wont stop with the obama comments you sound like 3 year olds . you didnt vote him in we did because your party has nothing but dumb ideas for the country. like tax cuts create jobs. war makes america strong, the world needs to be afraid of the US so they do what we say, rich people with money in china , the cayman islands, switzerland care enough about america to be president oh and where was mitt romney birth certificate, where was his college transcripts, where were his tax returns. you coward conservatives wouldnt have done anything to iran y ou had your chance in 2003

As a Democrat, I wish other Democrats would make sure to use proper grammer and make direct, clear points when they bash the right. It just makes us look silly when we are complaining about how stupid the right is, when we aren't exactly modeling intelligence.

get over yourself...no one is whining, no one is rioting, no one is threatening to do bodily harm to anyone.....your guy won, America lost. That's how we see it. You can and will disagree. Let's just see where we are 4 years from now. I say unemployment will still be over 7%, gas over $4/gallon and over 50 million on food stamps. I will bet you my mortgage, on the condition that I still have a job and a house 4 years from now 😉 I will also bet that the senate will block more bills from the house than owebamao plays rounds of golf in the next 4 years...

Owebama, the Father of Lies, has the media in his pocket. 4 people died-he blamed a stupid movie. More people died because of Fast and Furious- he lied blaming Bush. GM could have gone into bankruptcy like any other company but the Father of Lies told us he was the only way to save it. The Father of Lies says he created more drilling; it's on private land. The Father of Lies has said he believes in all of the above regarding energy and yet he is on record saying anyone can open a coal fired power plant and he will force them into bankruptcy. We are through the looking glass folks, what ever he says is a lie and the press runs with it as if it's the truth.

Ask the our military who were shot in the back, ask the 4 who were murdered in Benghazi while the Obama watched. If that is what you want in a leader you got the pos you wanted.

November 8, 2012 at 4:20 pm |

NoNo

Because taking down OBL on foreign soil, without permission... wasn't ballsy?

November 8, 2012 at 4:26 pm |

Zwei Stein

You got a 'balls' fixation?

November 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm |

andyguz

When did CNN find out about this attack. It occured on November 1st. Probably Candy Crowley had to verify after the election. Rember Iran was about to sit down the US about their nukes. BHO's minions floated the possible talks....din't get great response pulled it back.

Let me get this straight – Iranian fighter pilots couldn't bring down an unmanned, unarmed drone. Doesn't really say much about the competency of their pilots or military. Israeli pilots made very quick work of the Iranian drone launched by Hezbollah, complete child's play for the IAF.

The SU-25 is a dedicated ground attack aircraft designed originally for destroying armored vehicles. It has very little air to air capability. There is no radar or sophisticated fire control system. The aircraft is a bomb truck and the gun is designed for killing tanks. Iranian pilots do not have much training either as spare parts for their aircraft and money for fuel are scarce.

Cheese, I understand it's an old plane and their whole fleet is in dire need of spare parts, But what does that tell you about their air force when that's the plane they send up there to do the job

November 8, 2012 at 5:47 pm |

Sly

Ho ho ho ... a bunch of girlie men on here crying about 4 dead in Benghazi.

"On another story, 40,000 Americans died in Iraq to help President Bush liberate his Muslim brothers. Republicans support the Bush War 95%-5%. 'Those American boys did not die in vain' said one Republican. 'They died to bring freedom to our Muslim brothers, because we really love the Arab people'."

Oh, where is my hankie ... those poor 4 guys camping out in the middle of a civil war, surrounded by Muslims who for some reason, don't seem to appreciate us coming in and killing 500,000 civilians. "I just dont understand how anything bad could happen to them, after all Libya is such a safe spot, and we love vacationing there."

It appears you find it amusing 4 Americans were killed? I assume you voted for Obama? Someone needs to teach you about life my friend.There is and never will be amusement associated with the deaths of Americans.

No one is amused that 4 died in some civil war in the desert.
4,000 died for nothing in Iraq, and NONE of you spouting off about Libya said ANYTHING bad about the Bush Oil War.

That is called hypocrisy. Or ignorance. Just like some of you actually believe this particular drone was just in Intl territory taking a nice Sunday ride. I imagine you are all aware Iran shot down at least 1 drone in their country a couple weeks back.

I know y'all would be really really fine with Iran floating a drone over Dallas. Hypocrits. You lost, now shut up.

Are you really that gullible or just plain stupid? Really? 40k soldiers? What % of your dumbocrap brothers voted 98% endorsing the war in the middle east? I doubt you'd know anyhow. You are either a troll or just an out and out moron.

Wait until a Nuke or a big comet are bearing down on us! You won't even know it's comming because you'd be kept in the dark. Why? Anything that rocks Obamas boat gets withheld or swept away. Am I right?

A week and a half after it actually happened. Think the media withheld that little tidbit of info at BO's request? Otherwise, it would have been all over the news 20 minutes after it happened. THAT is the caliber of the man who resides in the White House. He lies to the American people constantly, and the media and the Kool-Aid drinkers keep going back for more. What is wrong with you people???

November 8, 2012 at 10:15 pm |

Arcy

Obama just announced that he will be issuing an apology to the Iranian people, not because the US has done anything wrong, but because it's been about 20-minutes since he apologized for something.

George, the mother of all lies was WMD, which has led to thousands of American deaths, and hundreds of thousands in Iraq, let alone billions of dollars in unecessary spending because we thought we could control Iraqi oil, which we cannot. Until people realize that all politicans are full of BS, we'll never move forward in this country. It's like the bloods and the crips blaming each other for violence when they both can't keep track of the # of bodies they've left dead in the streets. Jesse Ventura makes a lot of sense, it's the Rebloodlicans and Democrips running our country, gangs in suits.

So, we're concerned about a conflict with a country that still uses Su-25's? These were outdated 20 years ago. One F-22 could knock four Su-25's out of the sky before they even knew anything was amiss.

Wag the dog. Oblumer will not do anything and the Iranians know it. Our chicken in chief has gut guts, no morals, and cannot be counted on by our allies. More american will die because of him. This is his show now. He has nobody else to blame for anything. HE needs to take responsibility for something now. But he won't because he is pathetic.

Bush put his foot down and said you will NOT step on America. Obozo says, come c c c c ccc c come on over guys annnnnd do do dddd do what you want. We are taking HUGE steps backwards. What's it going to take another 911 for this country to wake up? It's a shame, hey but at least all the poor nonworking lazy folks have obamaphones!

It must be to show their love for us. After all, wasn't all that unpleasantness (along with every other bad thing that is, was or will be) caused by Bush? Doesn't everyone love the US now that Obama is king for four more years?

Our national security is at risk and the Benghazi incident alone is enough to impeach Obama. He and his corrupt administration are the most deceptive politicians in history. He wants to bring America down, and half of this country were ignorant enough to vote him back in to office. We're all going to suffer because of it – but we won't do it quietly. This is just the beginning of a very long four years ahead.....God help us.

I don't need anyone to tell me what's going on with this president and his destructive agenda. On the other hand, Obama's followers only respond to dirty tactics and small-minded ideology, and can't even get themselves to a voting booth by themselves and without handouts.

November 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm |

Jackson

Well what did DNCNN and PMSNBC and John Stewart tell you what to think today, BobZemko? Can you knuckle draggers on the liberal left speak more than one sentence without drooling out "Rush" or "Faux News" references?

That wasn't impeachment grounds. We had been attacked on our soil – catastrophically – our intelligence lead us to the WMD's at the time, and they carried out the mission and kept our land safe for seven years after that – Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice vouch for this. Bush deserves credit for that – not impeachment. Unlike, the sleaze Clinton, who's in the oval office carrying on with an intern and then lies under oath to the American people as a sitting president. Because of his narcissism, he didn't step down when he was impeached. Obama ignored intelligence – in real time – and three servicemen and an Ambassador were murdered. He then instigated a cover-up – which is now under investigation – this is what could lead to impeachment.

November 8, 2012 at 4:41 pm |

Arcy

Iran would never fire upon our drone if anyone other than Obama was our president. World leaders do NOT fear Barack Obama because he bows to them, just do a google search with the words "Obama Bows" and see what comes up.

Yeah, all the years of intel and the "enhanced interrogation techniques" that led up to the US figuring out where he was. . .who was president then????

November 8, 2012 at 4:04 pm |

Jarhead

Search for Bin Laden was in place since 2001, your leader did nothing but take the credit of the work of the CIA and Seals. What was Obama gonna do, say no just let him walk?

November 8, 2012 at 4:05 pm |

obamaphone

Ya the pakistani man who gave us the info where Osama was at the time, he is the reason we got Osama! He is currently in prison and we are letting him rot in there while Obama takes all the credit. That is just pathedic. But hey, free obamaphones to all that dont want to work! Go Obama, its that easy to win Americans over!

Stop being soo negative. The Obama administration promptly "reached out to the Iranians" after the attack and probably told them that they have nothing to worry about. Now we on the other hand have lots to worry about. $16 trillion national debt, $1.1 trillion deficit, high unemployment, 46 million on food stamps, a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. Happy Holidays.

Well with our new world wide policy ( let's hide under our beds) I'm surprised the Joint Chief of Staff and the Commander and Chief Obama didn't wet their beds over this .... Four more years, four more years, four more years !!!!

I wonder how the US would react if Russian or Chinese Spy Drones were operating just a few miles past our maritime borders? Its these double standards that common Americans seem to be consistently blind to.

It happens all the time. Russian bombers test our defenses by seeing how far/close they can get. Has happened since about the 60's. We've never shot one down. There was a Russian attack sub off the east coast last week. We didn't sink it. Get a clue and some historical perspective before you post next time.

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